And here is the second part of my posts about adding more sustainability into your every day life. I hope that you liked reading the first part and that you were able to add more sustainability to your life.

So here we go with the second part.

Dog poo bags – plastic?! There has to be an alternative

For me as dog owner I am constantly in an inner conflict once I have to collect the poo of my dog with a plastic bag. I am not complaining about picking up the poo but rather why it has to be a plastic bag?! I am picking up something natural, which nature will recycle easily but adding a plastic bag is making the entire thing more ridiculous. I counted that my dog has to poo approx. four times a day, which means four plastic bags a day. In a whole year that means 1,440 bags. What a mess of plastic waste.

And even some dog owners now pick up the poo but leave the plastic bag with the poo on the pavement or in the nature and don’t put it into a bin. So the plastic bag is rotting in the nature and not being recycled. That does not make any sense at all! Then it would have been better to just leave the poo.

When we went to the Netherlands this summer I saw lots of stations for dog poo bags – but except they were not made of plastic but recycled paper. They are called “poo-grab” and work quite easily. I loved them so I want to find out where in Germany I could get them. I mean why are they available in the Netherlands but not here?

So I found them in an online shop here. I am now using these bags and other eco bags, which are more easy to recycle and I believe if I can only convince some of you do to the same, that it is a big step forward.

Recycling of old clothing

I don’t like throwing away old clothing, because I am sure most of these is still usable and others would be happy to wear it. I love vintage or flea markets and I donate clothing to the red cross, but even at the red cross in the end people have to pay to buy my clothing again. And that is what I don’t like, if I donate I want them to get it for free. So I decided to see the clothing myself at vintage markets or donate it directly myself, give it to others. Another way, which works for me is to bring my old clothing (which I don’t want to donate, because it is really old) to Zara or H&M. They will use the old clothing to produce new ones – for their conscious collections.

Zara and H&M are so popular when it comes to clothing and they are sending a signal by these projects – it is a step forward into the right direction. Zara just recently added the clothing boxes into their store whereas with H&M the concept has been there already for quite a while. If you order online with Zara you may even give them your clothing when receiving your parcel. And at H&M you will get a 15% voucher for a discount on a garment of your choice for every bag of old clothing you donate.

So you decide what works best for you but please – don’t close your eyes for these opportunities to be more sustainable.